Trace-carrier.



N0. 722,277. PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903- F L. BEYMER.

TRACE CARRIER. APPLICATION rILnn MAY 13. 1901.

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TRACE CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,277, dated March 10, 1903.

Application filed May 13, 1901. Serial No. 59,918. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED L. BEYMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianola, 'in the county of WVarren and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Trace- Oarrier, of which the following is a specification.

Heretofore trace-carriers have been made complete in one piece and in various shapes and fixed to the back-straps of harness in various ways for detachably connecting cockeyes on the ends of traces therewith, as required, to suspend the traces.

My object is to provide improved trace-carriers,made from sheet-metal blanks, in which swells are formed to aid materially in connecting cockeyes, incisions made for producingloops advantageously, and a recess formed for admitting and fastening a leather strap therein.

My invention consists in the novel features of the trace-carrier, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a diagrammatical view of a blank form adapted for making one of my traceearriers advantageously and complete in one piece. Fig. 2 is a top view showing the blank pressed into form as required for use. Fig. 3 is a sectional view that shows-the overlying leather strap with which the trace-holder is connected when the carrier is fixed to the back-strap of a harness. Fig. 4 shows a modified form adapted for fixingstraps to the sides and ends of the frame or base of the carrier. Fig. 5 shows a modified form composed of two pieces of plate metal joined together. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line 11 y of Fig. 5.

The letter A designates the central portion of the carrier, (shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3,) provided with a central hole, through which a rivet can be passed for fixing it to a leather strap, as indicated in Fig. 3, or by securing the overlying leather straps together in a common way. An integral extension B projects outward from each end portion of the part A to bebent inward over the plate, as shown in Fig. 2. The widest edge portions of the extensions are preferably bent downward slightly to serve as beaks f, in combination with the plate A and swells in the plate immediately under the beaks. By inclining the extensions B at an angle relative to the body portion A they will incline toward each other and toward the center of the body A when doubled backward and will restrict the passage of cockeyes when slipped under them. Enlargements at the ends of the part A are adapted to be advantageously formed into loops for connecting the hip-straps of a barness therewith. When the blank is provided with incisions that are semicircular at their end portions, as shown by the lines o in Fig. l, the portion cut loose can be doubled outward to produce an opening for a strap and a rounded edge that will prevent such wear of the leather that would result from contact with an angular or raw edge. Shoulders 0 across the plate engage the parallel edges of the leather strap and aid in keeping the carrier at right angles to the back-strap of a harness. Swells d are pressed into the plate contiguous to the incision c and at the inner ends of the extensionsB to coact with said extensions as a means for receiving a cockeye, as indicated by dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.

It is obvious that forms and positions of the swells and beaks relative to each other are essential features in my invention and that their positions relative to a frame or base may vary. 7

In the practical operation of my invention when applied to a harness as required for practical use a cockeye on the end of the trace is first placed in an inclined position relative to the frame and under the beak f, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that by then moving the cockeye into a right-angled position to the part that contains the beak the thickestcentral part of the eye will be behind the swell d and beak fand prevent the cockeye from becoming detached until it is again brought into an inclined position, so as to allow the thin part of the eye to slip outward between the swell and beak.

Having thus described the construction, application, and operation of my invention, its practical utility will be readily understood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

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1. In a trace-carrier made of a single piece of sheet metal, a fiat plate having a loop at each end and lateral extensions B at its end portions inclined in opposite directions and provided with beaks f bent backward over the plate and swells d in the plate immediately under the said beaks, as shown and described for the purpose stated.

2. In a trace-carrier made of a single piece of plate metal, a loop at each end of the plate, a lateral extension at each end of the plate inclined outward and doubled backward over the plate, a swell at each end portion of the plate and under the inner end portion of the lateral extension and the central portion of the plate raised to admit a leather strap and all of said parts arranged and combined as shown and described for the purposes stated.

FRED L. BEYMER. Witnesses:

J on McOoY, FRANK PECK. 

